Overview

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

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Grossed $29.7M worldwide, about 1.5 times its $20M budget
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Based on
Based on Death Note
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Sequels
Followed by Death Note 2: The Last Name
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Collection
Part of Death Note Collection
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Music
Music by Kenji Kawai
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hiroshi Takase
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Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writers: Tetsuya OishiScreenplay
Tsugumi OhbaComic Book
Takeshi ObataComic Book
Original title: デスノート
Status: Released
Release date: June 17, 2006
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $20M
Revenue: $29.7M
Countries: Japan
Collection: Death Note Collection

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